The first edition of this book has established itself as one of the leading references on generalized additive models (GAMs), and the only book on the topic to be introductory in nature with a wealth ...

1. The population size of seabirds is often difficult to estimate from surveys at breeding colonies because of factors such as burrow nesting and nocturnal breeding. The reliability of alternative ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Generalized additive models are a popular class of multivariate non-parametric regression models, due in large part to the ease of use of the ...

Interpretability has drawn increasing attention in machine learning. Partially linear additive models provide an attractive middle ground between the simplicity of generalized linear model and the ...

We analyze consumer defaults in a sample of 64 000 customers taking personal loans from a Korean bank. Applying a generalized additive modeling (GAM) framework, we show a nonlinear impact of loan and ...